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The French Revolution

by Thomas Carlyle – Digireads.com Publishing (January 01, 2010)

First written and published in 1837, Carlyle initially was asked to write this account by his overworked friend John Stuart Mill. Taking the commission to heart, Carlyle proceeded to write a historical masterpiece,...

Napoleon's Mameluke: The Memoirs of Roustam Raeza

by Roustam Raza & Jonathan North – Enigma Books (August 24, 2015)

The colorful memoirs of Napoleon’s bodyguard, translated for the first time, provide a vivid picture of the general and emperor.

A History of Belarus

by Lubov Bazan – Glagoslav Publications B.V. (November 30, 2014)

Rare materials on Belarus are a potential treasure trove for the English language reader. A blank spot on the map for many, Belarus is an undiscovered mystery in the heart of Europe - undiscovered, because little...

Empire of Corruption: The Russian National Pastime

by Vladimir Soloviev – Glagoslav Publications B.V. (November 30, 2014)

Empire of Corruption is Vladimir Soloviev's attempt to share his opinions on Russia's ways of dealing with corruption. With a certain irony, Soloviev calls the issue 'the Russian national pastime', explaining...

Silver Deceptions

by Sabrina Jeffries – Pocket Books (December 30, 2014)

In New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries's classic, revised novel, originally written as Deborah Martin, London Theater's newest actress is determined to find out secrets about her past.

Arriving...

Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856

by Trevor Royle – St. Martin's Press (December 22, 2014)

Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 by Trevor Royle

The Crimean War is one of history's most compelling subjects. It encompassed human suffering, woeful leadership and maladministration on a grand scale....

A Search for Meaning in Victorian Religion: The Spiritual Journey and Esoteric Teachings of Charles Carleton Massey

by Jeffrey D. Lavoie – Lehigh University Press (November 05, 2014)

This indispensable work combines Massey’s collected writings with never before published letters organized topically in order to define Massey’s unique world-view for a new generation of readers.

British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence

by Simon Philo – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 06, 2014)

In The British Invasion, Simon Philo illustrates how this remarkable event in cultural history disrupted and even reversed pop culture’s default flow of influence, goods, and ideas—orchestrating a dramatic...

Stage Mothers: Women, Work, and the Theater, 1660-1830

by Elaine M. McGirr, Laura Engel, Ellen Malenas Ledoux & Judith Hawley et al. – Bucknell University Press (October 31, 2014)

Stage Mothers expands the discussion of eighteenth-century women’s social and dramatic roles by demonstrating the complicated, contradictory, and celebratory faces of maternity on stage and on the page. This...

The Plantagenets: The Kings That Made Britain

by Derek Wilson – Quercus (December 09, 2014)

Plantagenet is the name given to the English royal house descended from the union of Queen Matilda of England and her second husband Geoffrey of Anjou. The name derived from Geoffrey's nickname, which came from...

The Pity of War: England and Germany, Bitter Friends, Beloved Foes

by Miranda Seymour – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (October 30, 2014)

Miranda Seymour tells the remarkable story of England’s centuries of profound connection and rivalry with Germany. Her vibrant and heart-breaking history—told through the lives of princes and painters, soldiers...

Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia: A Source Book on Lived Religion

by Heather Coleman – Indiana University Press (September 03, 2014)

From sermons and clerical reports to personal stories of faith, this book of translated primary documents reveals the lived experience of Orthodox Christianity in 19th- and early 20th-century Russia. These documents...

The Lisbon Recognition Convention at 15: making fair recognition a reality

by Collectif – Conseil de l'Europe (January 01, 2014)

The Lisbon Recognition Convention, developed by the Council of Europe and UNESCO, is the main international legal text on the international recognition of qualifications and has been ratified by more than 50...

The Edgeryders guide to the future

by Collectif – Conseil de l'Europe (April 01, 2013)

This publication is the result of the Edgeryders project, an online dialogue platform run by the Council of Europe with a view to promoting discussion with young people on the challenges of their transition...

The Council of Europe and Roma: 40 years of action

by Collectif – Conseil de l'Europe (April 01, 2013)

The Council of Europe, after 40 years of activities with Roma, is intensifying its commitment to monitoring and improving their situation and to involving their representatives in the creation of the policies...

History of the Council of Europe

by Collectif – Conseil de l'Europe (April 01, 2013)

The Council of Europe, the oldest European organisation, was founded in 1949 with the aim of unifying the continent as a whole. The decision to establish its headquarters in Strasbourg was, moreover, symbolic...

Three Minutes in Poland

by Glenn Kurtz – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (November 17, 2014)

When Glenn Kurtz stumbles upon an old family film in his parents' closet in Florida, he has no inkling of its historical significance or of the impact it will have on his life. The film, shot long ago by his...

Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 5-Book Bundle: The Burning of the Valleys/A Dirty, Trifling Piece of Business/I Am Heartily Ashamed/Poi

by Gavin K. Watt – Dundurn (July 02, 2014)

This special bundle collects all of Gavin K. Watt's titles that detail the events of the American War of Independence from the perspective of British/early Canadian operations.

In Marx's Shadow: Knowledge, Power, and Intellectuals in Eastern Europe and Russia

by Serguei Oushakine, Costica Bradatan, Natasa Kovacevic & Elena Gapova et al. – Lexington Books (March 19, 2010)

The volume draws attention to the unknown and unexplored areas, trends and ways of thinking under the communist regime. It demonstrates how various bodies of knowledge (philosophical, social, political, aesthetic,...

Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium: The Ends of Spanish Identity

by Jessica A. Folkart – Bucknell University Press (October 08, 2014)

Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium: The Ends of Spanish Identity examines how diverse manifestations of otherness coalesce in the cultural response to shifting perceptions of identity in Spain as...

Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1942-1943

by Emil Kerenji – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (October 10, 2014)

With its unique combination of primary sources and historical narrative, this volume offers an important perspective on the peak years of the Nazi “Final Solution,” when the Jewish struggle for survival...

The Clash of Moral Nations: Cultural Politics in Pilsudski's Poland, 1926-1935

by Eva Plach – Ohio University Press (September 25, 2014)

The May 1926 coup d’état in Poland inaugurated what has become known as the period of sanacja or “cleansing.” The event has been explored in terms of the impact that it had on state structures and political...

How Far From Austerlitz?

by Alistair Horne – St. Martin's Griffin (November 03, 2014)

A London Sunday Times Book of the Year

A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year

The Battle of Austerlitz was Napoleon's greatest victory, the culmination of one of the greatest military campaigns of all time. It was...

A Cool and Lonely Courage: The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France

by Susan Ottaway – Little, Brown and Company (September 30, 2014)

The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War.

When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few...

Music Hall and Modernity: The Late-Victorian Discovery of Popular Culture

by Barry J. Faulk – Ohio University Press (October 01, 2004)

The late-Victorian discovery of the music hall by English intellectuals marks a crucial moment in the history of popular culture.

Hitler's Secret Jewish Psychic

by Phil Mason – Skyhorse (October 14, 2014)

A treasure trove filled with fascinating anecdotes about the tiny ripples that have caused big waves in history, Hitler's Secret Jewish Psychic will cure you of two misconceptions: the first being that history...

Churchill

by Ashley Jackson – Quercus (September 09, 2014)

In Churchill Ashley Jackson paints an unvarnished portrait of Winston Churchill that removes the hagiography that has surrounded the myth of one of the greatest politicians of the last hundred years.

Winston...

1990: Russians Remember a Turning Point

by Irina Prokhorova – MacLehose Press (August 12, 2014)

Although 1989 and 1991 witnessed more spectacular events, 1990 was a year of embryonic change in Russia: Article 6 of the constitution was abolished, and with it the Party's monopoly on political power. This...

German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History

by Axel Fair-Schulz & Mario Kessler – Lexington Books (May 26, 2011)

German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars...

Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe

by Ion Grumeza – Hamilton Books (May 16, 2009)

This book tells the little known story of Dacia, the powerful and rich land that became Transylvania and Romania. This book revives the Dacian history and contributes to our understanding of the region as it...

Rasputin

by Frances Welch – Atria Books/Marble Arch Press (October 14, 2014)

Told with humor, intrigue, and a shrewd eye for detail, this riveting short biography sheds much-needed light on the life of nineteenth-century Russian icon Grigory Rasputin.

Grigory Rasputin, a Siberian peasant...

Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution

by Peter Ackroyd – Thomas Dunne Books (October 20, 2014)

Peter Ackroyd has been praised as one of the greatest living chroniclers of Britain and its people. In Rebellion, he continues his dazzling account of the history of England, beginning with the progress south...

Flight from Famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada

by Donald MacKay – Dundurn (March 23, 2009)

Flight from Famine is the moving account of the survivors of the Irish potato famine who helped build Canada in the years that followed Black 47. Their tale is a testament to courage, resilience, and perseverance,...

Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers: English Settlers in Atlantic Canada

by Lucille H. Campey – Dundurn (August 30, 2010)

The first in a series of three titles on "The English in Canada," this book focuses on factors that brought the English to Canada, tracing the English arrivals to the various settlements. Drawing on wide-raging...

Historical Dictionary of Lithuania

by Saulius A. Suziedelis – Scarecrow Press (February 07, 2011)

The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Lithuania will serve as a useful introduction to virtually all aspects of Lithuania's historical experience, including the country's relations with its neighbors....

Ravishment of Reason: Governance and the Heroic Idioms of the Late Stuart Stage, 1660-1690

by Brandon Chua – Bucknell University Press (September 11, 2014)

Ravishment of Reason presents a new contextual framework for the study of Restoration drama, demonstrating the important cultural work performed by the restored theaters in offering versions of political theory...

The Concession of Évora Monte: The Failure of Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century Portugal

by Ron B. Thomson – Lexington Books (September 11, 2014)

This book argues that liberalism in Portugal was an urban phenomenon involving a very small minority of the people, and points to a variety of reasons for this.

Putin's Kleptocracy

by Karen Dawisha – Simon & Schuster (September 30, 2014)

The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha's brilliant Putin's Kleptocracy provides an answer, describing how Putin got to power, the...

Inventing Scrooge

by Carlo Devito – Cider Mill Press (September 30, 2014)

Inventing Scrooge uncovers the real-life inspirations from Charles Dickens' own world that led to the fascinating creation of his most beloved tale: A Christmas Carol.

When Charles Dickens created the story that...

Cruise Through History: Itinerary 1 - London to Rome

by Sherry Hutt – Digby Creations (September 04, 2014)

Cruise through History is a collection of short stories grouped by the sequence of many popular cruise itineraries, rather than by country, or period of history. An enjoyable cruise itinerary, particularly for...

Historical Dictionary of Cyprus

by Farid Mirbagheri – Scarecrow Press (October 01, 2009)

From ancient times to the present, the history of Cyprus is provided in this useful reference, which includes hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on its historical, political, social, cultural, and...

Ignored but Not Forgotten: Canada's English Immigrants

by Lucille H. Campey – Dundurn (September 10, 2014)

In her third and final book in the English in Canada series, Lucille Campey provides an overview of the great exodus from England to Canada which peaked in the early twentieth century. Drawing on wide-ranging...

The Last of the Lascars: Yemeni Muslims in Britain 1836-2012

by Mohammed Siddique Seddon – Kube Publishing Ltd (August 12, 2014)

A compelling and revealing history of the oldest Muslim community in Britain and its legacy on modern multicultural Britain.

The Lost Pre-Raphaelite: The Secret Life and Loves of Robert Bateman

by Nigel Daly – Wilmington Square Books (August 11, 2014)

An astonishing rediscovery of a neglected artist and of a scandalous love affair. A remarkable and page-turning historical detective story.

How the Scoundrel Seduces

by Sabrina Jeffries – Pocket Books (August 19, 2014)

The third deliciously sexy novel in the New York Times bestselling Duke's Men historical romance series, featuring an investigator who sets out to find gypsies--and unexpectedly finds love.

Investigator Tristan...

The Brothers' Lot

by Kevin Holohan – Akashic Books (March 22, 2011)

A hilarious and satirical debut novel exploring religious hypocrisy in an Irish secondary school.

The Struggle for Form: Perspectives on Polish Avant-Garde Film 1916--1989

by Kamila Kuc & Michael O'Pray – WallFlower Press (June 14, 2014)

This is the first comprehensive English-language account of the Polish avant-garde film, from its beginnings in the early decades of the last century to the collapse of communism in 1989. Taking a broad understanding...

Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of the Renaissance

by Patricia Francis Cholakian & Rouben C. Cholakian – Columbia University Press (December 13, 2005)

Sister to the king of France, queen of Navarre, gifted writer, religious reformer, and patron of the arts—in her many roles, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was one of the most important figures of the French...

From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200

by Rachel Fulton Brown – Columbia University Press (December 18, 2002)

Devotion to the crucified Christ is one of the most familiar, yet most disconcerting artifacts of medieval European civilization. How and why did the images of the dying God-man and his grieving mother achieve...

First Words

by Rosetta Loy – Metropolitan Books (August 11, 2014)

An internationally acclaimed novelist and journalist movingly chronicles her childhood in Rome during World War II, providing a rare account by a Catholic of Jewish persecution and Papal responsibility

In 1937,...